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  • En Guatemala, un colectivo de jóvenes artistas forma una familia con el cine

    July 18, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Guatemala

    La productora cinematográfica Desobediencia Perfecta reúne a colaboradores de mente abierta en un espacio inclusivo en Guatemala para producir trabajos artísticos sobre temas sociales difíciles. El grupo adopta un enfoque democrático para cada proyecto. Reúnen recursos entre ellos y se apoyan en la tutoría de figuras solidarias en la industria cinematográfica de Guatemala para darle vida a sus proyectos, que ya incluye dos cortometrajes.

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  • A sanctuary of literary rituals moulds teenagers into star writers

    June 17, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Minna

    Through the Hill-top Creative Arts Foundation, teen writers in Nigeria receive mentorship from established writers and learn to give critique and be critiqued by their peers, with the ultimate goal of helping them become published authors.

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  • This Group is Fostering Reading and Writing Habit among Youths in Gombe, Despite Challenges

    October 12, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    The Gombe Jewel Writers Association provides a venue for Nigerians to build their reading skills and connect with others who are interested in creative writing, with biweekly reading sessions, periodic workshops, and author talks. Participants say the organization has helped them improve their reading abilities and publish their writing for the first time.

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  • What It's Like To Make A Film Almost Entirely In Prison

    September 07, 2022 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Inmates taking a credit-bearing film course through Miami Dade College created a short film while inside Everglades Correctional Institution in Florida. The program helps incarcerated students get credits towards degrees and gain skills they could use for employment when they leave.

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  • In Cleveland, fine dining serves up training – and dignity – after prison

    August 09, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The owner of Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, employs formerly incarcerated adults and teaches them the skills they need to work in the culinary industry. Less than 1% of the institute’s trainees are re-incarcerated after graduation.

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  • Shakespeare in Prison program offers far more than an escape

    June 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit Public Theater's Shakespeare In Prison (SIP) program allows incarcerated people the opportunity to learn about and perform Shakespeare. The program helps to foster communication but also allows participants to express themselves and build self-confidence. It’s also been found that SIP participants experience long-lasting effects even outside their sentence, like a positive sense of community, self-efficacy, and increased empathy for themselves and others.

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  • A Program for Youth Is Reshaping Arts Education in Chicago

    February 21, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The National Museum of Mexican Art’s Yollocalli Arts Reach provides space for young people to collaborate with each other, work with mentors, and gain exposure to different art forms and creative skills. Yollocalli serves Chicago’s youth in predominately Latino neighborhoods and focused on free art programming, mentorship, and career support. The programming emphasizes creativity as a tool for youth to learn to express their needs, share their ideas, and influence their environment. Nearly 3,000 teenagers and young adults have participated in Yollocalli’s programs with forty lead artists.

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  • A push to change Colorado's prison culture and perceptions — one art piece at a time

    August 23, 2021 |

    Colorado Newsline |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Prison Arts Initiative program, jointly run by the Colorado prison system and University of Denver, puts personal expression through visual and performing arts at the heart of the prisons' mission to become less punitive and more rehabilitative. With exhibits like "Chained Voices," featuring paintings by incarcerated people, the program aims to give hope to people by making them feel seen and valued as fully human. Formerly incarcerated artists say they valued not only the personal growth they experienced, but also the knowledge that their art could change public perceptions of the people in prison.

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  • How art can keep boys off truancy into gainful business

    August 16, 2021 |

    Impacthub Media |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    An art program works with young men and teens who aren’t in school, takes them off the street, and gives them the skills to make different mediums of art, which are sold in the community. The teens and young men are given part of the proceeds and many have used the skills they learned to open up their own workshops.

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  • Art Teachers Are Teaching Girls to Code

    June 10, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Code/Art trains art teachers in a curriculum that combines art and coding, with the goal of inspiring girls to code. They also offer weekly clubs for elementary and middle school girls, a Future Female Tech Leaders program for high schoolers, and an annual conference to celebrate the girls’ achievements. Teachers who take the training can satisfy continuing education requirements by learning four lessons: an abstract art generator and donut maker game, coding self-portraits using JavaScript, and 3-D modeling. Facilitators are assisted by college-age interns, who are available to help in the classroom.

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